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Driving range lets GSC students tee it up See Page 5 George-Anne v 912/681-5246 Vol. 62, No. 45* Tuesday, May 22, 1990 Since 1927, Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern College • Statesboro, GA 30460 Vote registration Gubernatorial candidates to appear slated Thursday tions from the panelists, each can- G-A Staff Reports By ALLEN ALLNOCH Managing Editor didate will have three minutes for closing remarks. Students now may register Leading gubernatorial candi- A capacity crowd of over 500 on campus to vote in the up- dates Lt. Gov. Zell Miller, former people is expected to attend the coming primary season and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young and forum, including students, school general elections by signing up Johnny Isakson will head a guber- officials, key political figures, com- at one of two sites open on natorial forum Thursday night at munity VIPs and other statewide Thursday. the Williams Center beginning at elected officials. Registration booths will 7:30 p.m. Thelbrum idea first was pre- The forum, co-sponsored by the help students register to vote sented by two political science stu- Student Government Association in Georgia from 10 a.m. to 10 dents, Shawn Davis and Hank and the Statesboro/Bulloch County p.m. at both Landrum and Burnham. They approached SGA Williams Centers in an event Chamber of Commerce, will also with the idea last fall and, together include former governor Lester sponsored by the Political Sci- with the Chamber of Commerce, ence Association. Maddox, senator Roy Barnes, rep- were able to bring the candidates Previously, students had to resentative Lauren McDonald and and panelists to GSC. register in their home counties; judge Greeley Ellis. "Sean (Schuur) has been a tre- however, under a new Georgia "Everything is moving along mendous help with this," Burnham law, college and university really well," said Sean Schuur, SGA said. "We told him what we needed presidents have been ap- president. "The college has been a and he's come through." pointed deputy registrars and great assistance in rolling out the Zell Miller (D) Andy Young (D) Johnny Isakson (R) "As we approach university may coordinate on-campus red carpet for these people." status, we felt like it was time to Former U.S. Representative Bo voter registration for students start acting like a university," said Ginn will serve as moderator for a regardless of the location their Davis, whose father, Guy, was the question and answer format which home counties in Georgia. Republican candidate for governor begins at 8 p.m. after candidates in Cable TV proposal rejected in 1986. "As the July 17 primary the Lt. Governor's race open the nears, we felt like this was the best nor Larry Davis, Division Head of it. I would like to do the same for forum with three-minute state- By MISTY McPHERSON time to get the candidates down Staff Writer Administration, could recall the GSC." ments. here. We want them to see what our proposal. Students are presently able to The panelists for the event will National college has to offer." Each had spoken with Johnson rent cable in certain dorms, on an include Dr. John Daily, professor of Burnham said the group of pan- Lee Johnson, owner of Cable concerning putting cable into the individual basis, but Davis says political science at GSC, Bill Nigut News Briefs elists from major media outlets Television in Statesboro, claims residence halls, but no agreement experience has been low with this. of WSB TV in Atlanta, Cynthia around the state made for a news- that he offered to install cable tele- was ever reached and no one recalls Students don't want to pay a high Tucker, political columnist for the worthy event and was a "major fac- ©Copyright 1990. USA TODAY/Apple vision on behalf of Statesboro Cable the price of $4 being quoted. price for it. Atlanta Journal and Constitution, tor in getting the candidates to College Information Network TV in all residence halls at GSC, for Although there was never a writ- "I am very interested in getting Phil Kent, editor of the Augusta come here." $4 per month, but was turned down. ten proposal on the matter, cable put into the residence Chronicle, and Doug Weathers, ACCORD GOOD PRECURSOR TO No one at the school remembers Johnson said he had spoken with halls...at an economic and reason- anchorman for WTOC-TV News in SUMMIT: the proposal. the administration about the in- able price," said Davis. "We have to Savannah* Police President Bush said the U.S.- "He never made any offer to me, stallation. get our residence halls more com- Each gubernatorial candidate Soviet agreement to eliminate (and) I'm the one dealing with this," "I would place cable in the petitive with the amenities offered will have three minutes for opening thousands of nuclear-tipped war- said Fred Shroyer, Director of ground, sell the service, and guar- off campus." remarks and one minute to respond arrest nine heads carried aboard long-range Administration. antee the rate (of $4) for five years," Shroyer said he had no idea to each of the panelists' questions missiles and bombers makes for a Neither Dr. Armstrong, Vice- said Johnson. "We offer this service when cable would be placed in the with no rebuttal from opposing "good" summit with President President of Business and Finance, to Mississippi State, and they love dorms, but he was looking into it. candidates. Following the ques- at Hat Party Mikhail Gorbachev. The summit will still have rough spots with By KEVIN HUDSON European conventional troop and Staff Writer tank cuts and the fate of independ- Foundation ence movements in the Baltics to be Statesboro police officers ar- considered. donates rested 9 people when a shut-down MORE AIDS PROGRAMS NEEDED: George-Anne Staff Reports order was disobeyed during the sixth annual hat party on May 19. A system to get experimental The Georgia Southern Founda- However, the party did raise AIDS drugs to patients with no tion has donated funds for a new about $1400 for a local charity. other treatment option is expected $17,000 van to the Georgia South- Dave Harris, who helped found and to be proposed by federal officials ern Museum for use in its Science organize the first party, is an Monday. Monday, ACT UP, the Education Network for the South- alumni of GSC who came back to AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, east—Project SENSE—for the up- "give something back to the commu- protests at the National Institutes coming year. "Georgia Power had nity." of Health in Bethesda, Md. It previously helped us by funding the Students began arriving at the charges officials have delayed test- development of science experiment house near Western Sizzlin' shortly ing AIDS drugs other than AZT. kits," said Lynn Futch, Project after noon, and by the time the FIRST PHOTOS FROM HUBBLE: SENSE director. "Now the company's foundation has funded a party was over, at least 700 people The Hubble Space Telescope van so that we can continue to take had paid to attend, raising about snapped and relayed its first photo those kits, STARLAB, and other $1400 for the Statesboro/Bulloch Sunday. NASA managers say the equipment into next year's 13- County Humane Society. There "first light" photo - which included a county service area. We are ex- were also about 300 non-paying rare double star - came out twice as tremely grateful for their support. guests, including the bands and good as they expected. Hubble actu- We could not carry out our mission staff, bringing the total attendance ally took two photographs of the of hands-on learning without the to about 1000. universe: a one-second exposure van." She expressed appreciation This was the first time the hat and a 30-second exposure, which to John Varner, head of Georgia party proceeds were donated to NASA selected to release. Power corporate communications charity, and Harris plans to donate LOTUS-NOVELL DEAL CRASHES: in Atlanta, who has worked closely the income from future parties to The marriage between software with the Museum on both the sci- Pictured are, L-R, Frank Beacham, district manager for Georgia Power, Dr. Nicholas Henry, different nonprofit assistance or- giants Lotus Development and ence kits and the van funding. Georgia Southern president, Lynn Futch, and Museum Director Del Presley. ganizations. Novell Inc. collapsed over the week- Three local bands highlighted end. Reason: Novell executives in- the event with music. First, Gigi's sisted on more management control Playhouse, a mainstream progres- over the combined company. The sive rock band, performed for about $ 1.4 billion deal would have created TKE sits Marathon walker here today 45 minutes. When the band music the largest personal computer soft- was heard by students in the area, a ware company. for Special tide of people came through the mas he walks to keep his mind off of Georgia, just north of Statesboro.